Fly swatter toy firearm



R. E. REARDON FLY SWATTER TOY FIREARM Filed June 1, 1922 Elia-a.

Feb. 17.1925.

Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

ROBERT E. REARDON, OF COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLY SWATTER TOY FIREARM.

Application filed June 1,

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT EDWIN REAR- nox, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in the town of Columbia, county of Laniaster and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, have invented a new and useful Fly Swatter Toy Firearm, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toy firearms and its object is to provide means by which marksmanship may be practiced on flies by a device which may be described as a fly swatter toy gun.

My improvement is herein presented in the form of a toy gun having a spring pro jectable, trigger released barrel member carrying on its muzzle end a resiliently mounted wire netting disk, through or over which barrel member and disk aim may be taken at a fly and the disk swatter then projected against it.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of my fly swatter toy gun showing the parts there of in normal position with a part broken away;

Figure 2 is a side elevation showing an alternative, cheaper form'of construction of my fly swatter toy gun, with parts in normal position and with a part broken away.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the two views.

The preferable form of construction of my toy gun shown in Figure 1 is illustrated in a convenient method of manufacture.

The stock A has slidingly mounted longitudinally on its barrel portion A by means of retaining and guiding screw eyes B and C, a. projectable barrel member D whlch has affixed to its flanged muzzle end D by means of a resilient rubber neck E which by interior groove E engages same, a disk H of wire netting mounted on a ring G, secured in the muzzle end of the rubber neck E by means of an interior groove E therein. t On the butt end D of the barrel member D is mounted fixedly a cylinder F which has at its forward end a radial flange F which serves as a finger grip for drawing back the barrel member D to cocked position, and at its rearward end a radial flange F which is a. means of cooking engagement with a nose L of a resilient trigger L mounted by its rear end L on the breech 1922. Serial No. 565,027.

A of the stock A and having a finger arm L extending downwardly from its nose if through a slot A" in stock A to a position below same suitable for finger pressure. The rear end L of trigger member L is secured to the breech A of stock A by a screw eye I passed through a hole L" in it. The screw eye I is set in alignment as to eye center with screw eyes B and C and secured in its eye, by soldering or otherwise, by its breech end J is a sighting and guiding barrel J, fixedly mounted centrally of screw eye I and extending at a right angle thereto and horizontally there from muzzleward, through projectable barrel member I) and therein through screw eyes B and C, in coaxial alignment therewith, or as close an approximation of such alignmentas commercial construction will permit. This arrangement of simple parts gives a fixed sighting barrel or open ended tube on which a projectable barrel is mounted and freely slidable within stop limits. Spring action, for cheap construction, is obtained by use of rubber bands. A rubber band K, of suflicient strength to impart the necessary projectile force to kill a fly, is socured to screw eye 13 at the muzzle end A of stock A, preferably by simply looping over same, and stretched with slight ten sion and secured to radial flange F on barrel member D, by passing through a transverse hole F in flange F lower half and looping over a stud F formed on rear face of said flange. A weaker rubber band M. which constitutes a return spring functioning normally by holding barrel member D partially retracted, against tension of spring band K, is secured to barrel member D by being looped over a hook stud F formed on the rear face of the upper half of flange F and stretched therefrom to and looped over screw eye I and under rear end L. of trigger member L.

In the alternative construction of my fiy swatter toy firearm shown in Figure 2, the stock A has a longitudinal groove A in its barrel portion A and the retaining and mounting screw eyes B and C are replaced by a flanged sheet metal cylinder N, the flange N formin a longitudinal fin which is set in vertical s ot A in the barrel section A of stock A and held therein by a transverse nail O, the cylinder N lying in the groove A of stock A. The sighting guide barrel J is dispensed with in this con structi on and projectable barrel D when retracted is guided by the groove A? into a sheet metal hood P set in same which re places the screweye I of Figure 1. The said hood P is secured in position in alignment with the cylinder muzzle bearing ,N by vbe; ing clamped in the slot A of stock 'A by insertion in said slot Atbetw-een thewalls P of the hood P of the forward end A of shoulder section A of the stockA, the barrel section A of which is jointed to shoulder section A at this point by transverse nails Q, Q, the stock A being made in two sections for economy and ease of n'ianufacture. T he, rear end or arm L of trigger L in this construction is secured by a nail R to the tongue A? of the shoulder section AT of stock A, and lies in the slot A? below the horizontal plane of the. groove A in which barrel member D travels. A single rubber bandK furnishes the spring motive 'force for projecting the barrel member D forwardly. It is looped over the cylinder N at the muzzle endv of gun, into. a. transverse slot A? in stock barrel section Afiand drawn back to radial flange F of inverted barrel mei'nber D and secured to said flange F as in the construction of my gun shown in Figure 2.

' The operation of my fly swatter toy lirearm is'efl'ected by gripping the projectable barrel member'D- byits flange F and "drawing it back until its flange F engages the nose If ottrigger L. Aim is thentaken through the barrel member D and sighting barrel'J of hood P, according to which construction of my gun is used, at a fly within striking distance. The finger arm'L of the triggerfbeing then pressed, the nose L of' sameis depressed by depression of the resilient arm and the proje ctable member D is released by clisengagement of its flange F from'trigger nose L and shoots forw ardby contractile action of the spring rubber band K,then' returning in my preferable construction as per Figure 1, by contractile action of the spring rubber retur11 band M.

lVhile I- have shown and described one form'of my. fly swatter'toy firearm and one modification thereof, for illustrative purposes, it is to bev understood that a number of modifications and deviations from the illustrated-embodiment may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I laim:

1. In a toy firearm, means for aiming a fly swatter projectile part having a resilient rubber headbearinga disk of wire netting, spring tubular aperture meansfor projecting. saidffly swatter projectile part, and trig r means torreleasing said spring projecting means.

2. 'Ina toyfirearm, afly swatting projectile provided. with an openingthrough thecenterof which the target is visible.

3. In. .1 toy firearm, a, fly swatting projectile provided with an. opening through the center of which the target is visible and spring means ,for proj ectin'gsaid projectile.

4. In a toy firearm, a transparent fly swatter projectile provided-with an. opening through the center of which the target'is visible, means foriprojecting the said projectile and trigger means forreleasing said projecting means.

5.111 a toy firearm, a projectile member with a transparent fly s'wa tter head an d con tinuously open tubular body.

6. In a toy 'fi-rearm, a fly swatting pr ojectile through the longitudinal axis of which aim may be taken at a target.

7.111 a toy firearm, a' barrel through which aim may be taken at a targetiand a projectile provided with an opening th-rough which aim maybe taken at a-Qtarge't.

"SIIii a" toy fireariii," a fly swatter and spring .means for longitudinally projecting and retracting saidfly 'swatter.

9. In atoy firearmfafhollow rod projectile memben aXiallyof which a target may be aimed at andlspring means for projecting and retracting said projectile member.

Bonner E. REARDON. 

